{"id":125519,"date":"2021-02-12T10:56:33","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T15:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=125519"},"modified":"2021-02-12T11:12:36","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T16:12:36","slug":"betrayal-of-public-trust-cuomo-faces-calls-for-accountability-resignation-after-top-aide-admits-cover-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/betrayal-of-public-trust-cuomo-faces-calls-for-accountability-resignation-after-top-aide-admits-cover-up\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Betrayal Of Public Trust\u2019: Cuomo Faces Calls For \u2018Accountability,\u2019 Resignation After Top Aide Admits Cover-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbetrayal-of-public-trust-cuomo-faces-calls-for-accountability-resignation-after-top-aide-admits-cover-up%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=125519&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Andrew-Cuomo-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is facing bipartisan calls for accountability after one of his top aides admitted that his administration covered up the extent of COVID-19\u2019s effect on nursing homes to avoid a federal investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have joined New York GOP leaders in calling for accountability after Secretary to the Governor Melissa DeRosa told Democratic lawmakers that the Cuomo administration hid the state\u2019s nursing-home COVID-19 death toll to avoid federal scrutiny from the Trump administration\u2019s Department of Justice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve seen enough. We need real accountability for this,\u201d Democratic state Sen. Julia Salazar <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JuliaCarmel__\/status\/1360054315289874432\">tweeted<\/a> Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a betrayal of the public trust,\u201d Democratic state Sen. Andrew Gounardes <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/agounardes\/status\/1360068183491756033\">added<\/a>. \u201cThere needs to be full accountability for what happened, and the legislature needs to reconsider its broad grant of emergency powers to the governor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Republicans across the state are calling for Cuomo to resign from office over his handling of the pandemic. The Democratic governor took heavy criticism last year for a March 25 order that mandated nursing homes readmit coronavirus patients even if they tested positive for the disease. Cuomo did not repeal the health order until weeks later in May.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor over six months, day after day, in briefing after briefing, Governor Cuomo stood before New Yorkers and lied about his directive that contributed to the deaths of thousands of seniors,\u201d said Marc Molinaro, Dutchess County executive and a former gubernatorial candidate, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/states\/new-york\/city-hall\/story\/2021\/02\/11\/top-republicans-call-for-cuomos-ouster-following-nursing-home-revelation-1363064\">Politico<\/a>. \u201cIn the coming days he will cynically try to convince us that it was for our own good \u2014 that it was someone else\u2019s fault. This is another lie. What is true, is Andrew Cuomo has proved himself unworthy of our trust, and unfit for public office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>New York GOP Chair Nick Langworthy said: \u201cProsecution and impeachment discussions must begin right away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>State Senate Minority Leader Rob Ortt asserted \u201cif the Governor is involved, he should be immediately removed from office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DeRosa met with Democratic lawmakers over a video conference call to apologize for the heat they have taken from GOP opponents and critics over the Cuomo administration\u2019s secrecy surrounding the state\u2019s elderly population. As The Daily Wire reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/02\/11\/cuomo-aide-admits-they-hid-nursing-home-data-from-feds\/\">New York Post<\/a>&nbsp;reports that DeRosa told state Democratic leaders during a video conference call that \u201c\u2018we froze\u2019 out of fear the true numbers would \u2018be used against us.\u2019\u201d During the call, DeRosa reportedly explained that the Cuomo administration\u2019s decision to rebuff a \u201clegislative request\u201d for the COVID-19 death count in August was in large part motivated by the thought that \u201cright around the same time, [then-President Donald Trump] turns this into a giant political football.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The report continues to quote DeRosa, who allegedly said, \u201cHe starts tweeting that we killed everyone in nursing homes. He starts going after [New Jersey Gov. Phil] Murphy, starts going after [California Gov. Gavin] Newsom, starts going after [Michigan Gov.] Gretchen Whitmer.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic New York Gov. 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